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India's Strategic Crossroads: Reassessing Partnerships Post-Pahalgam
May 16 , 2025 Anurag Bisen, Senior Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 638
The Pak-sponsored terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22, 2025, which resulted in the tragic loss of 26 lives, has once again thrust India into a complex web of regional tensions and international dip...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Ceasefire diplomacy , Cross-border terrorism , Geopolitics of South Asia , India Pakistan hyphenation , Indian foreign policy , India’s counter-terrorism strategy , Operation Sindoor , Pahalgam Attack 2025 , Pak sponsored terrorism , Reassessing strategic alliances , Russia and Israel support for India , Strategic Autonomy , US mediation in Indo-Pak conflict , US-India Relations

Operation Sindoor: Story, success, takeaways
May 14 , 2025 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
Commentary Views: 914
The Pakistani site went on to say, “The concept has recently gained currency with the Indian strategic community.” India’s stunning military project, Operation Sindoor, to punish the terrorist Pakistan...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Pakistan, Governance and Political Studies, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Defence forces , Narendra Modi , Operation Sindoor , S 400

Denmark-Greenland Helmsmanship in the Arctic Council: Charting a New Course (2025–2027)
May 14 , 2025 Anurag Bisen, Senior Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 738
Denmark assumed the rotating chairship (2025-2027) of the Arctic Council from Norway (2023-2025) during the 14th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting on May 12, 2025, in Tromsø, Norway, marking a mileston...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Arctic biodiversity , Arctic Council , Arctic diplomacy , Arctic Geopolitics , Arctic governance , Arctic Observer states , Arctic Sea routes , Climate Change , Denmark Chairship 2025–2027 , Global South , Greenland foreign policy , India’s Arctic policy , Indigenous Peoples

Operation Sindoor: Paradigm shift from candle lights to BrahMos
May 13 , 2025 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
Article Views: 697
Within 15 days of the Pahalgam slaughter, Team Modi accomplished the explicitly declared mission by hitting nine terror bases in Pakistan and killed over 100 jihadis. Operation Sindoor against Pahalgam ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism, Pakistan, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Article 370 , Narendra Modi​ , Operation Sindoor , Pahalgam Attack , Pakistan , Terrorists

Indigenization of Indian Air Force: Strategic Shift in Political Economy
May 9 , 2025 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
Article Views: 908
Three and a half decades after India ‘retired’ an indigenous fighter air craft -HF 24 Marut (after using it successfully in war), we are on the brink of a similar situation. These are the issues raised in the public domain: -

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : AMCA , F 35 , HF 24 , LCA , Stealth Aircraft , Su57

Pushed to the Brink: The Alarming Toll of Climate Change on Our Oceans
May 9 , 2025 PK Khup Hangzo
Article Views: 766
Coral reefs, often referred to as the “rainforests of the sea,” are among the most biodiverse and crucial ecosystems on Earth. They sustain around 830,000 species[1] - over 33% of all known marine lif...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change

Tags : Climate Change , Fourth global coral bleaching event , Marine heatwaves , Marine litter , Ocean warming

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